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shoot one's mouth off en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (slang) To make reckless or exaggerated statements.
   • I never shot my mouth off, I was quiet and I listened. 2004 March 28, Alex Witchel, “The Salon Keeper”, in New York Times, retrieved 07 Jan 2010:
   • George Jessel . . . is still shooting his mouth off as though nothing mattered except his own gift for wise-cracks. 1943 July 16, David Deutsch, “Heard in the Lobbies”, in The Canadian Jewish Chronicle, retrieved 07 Jan 2010:

Forms

Relateds

loudmouth

Synonyms

shoot off one's mouth · mouth off · shoot from the lip · shoot off at the mouth

Translations (27)

ar تبادل لإطلاق النار الفم (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · hu felvág (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · it spararne di grosse (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · nb preike skit (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · pt falar merda (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · hu henceg (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · pt falar da boca pra fora (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · cmn 滿嘴跑火車 /满嘴跑火车 (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · es fanfarronear (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · ja べらべらとしゃべる (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · fr ouvrir sa grande gueule (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · nb prate dritt (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · sv prata skit (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · hu dicsekszik (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · hu szájaskodik (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · ta வாய்விடு (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · pt falar da boca para fora (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · cmn 口無遮攔 /口无遮拦 (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · ru распусти́ть язы́к (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · cmn 口沒遮攔 /口没遮拦 (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · nl overdrijven (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · pl gadać, co ślina na język przyniesie (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · sv snacka skit (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · fi puhua läpiä päähänsä (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · de aufschneiden (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · hu jártatja a száját (make reckless or exaggerated statements) · ru крича́ть с пе́ной у рта (make reckless or exaggerated statements)